For Maggie's birthday that fell on a Sunday we had "fancy sandwiches"! There were all the fixings which made it challenging to make the perfect sandwich (you really only have one shot). We had such a good dinner we didn't save any room for dessert, so the angel food cake had to wait a day.
I can't do this night justice. Maggie broke it down over on her blog HERE. (read her blog, it's the best thing I read on the web)
We were so into Chef Diaz and all his tips. And I probably had the stare-face, mouth-open look on the WHOLE time cause our classmates were unreal.
If you live in Utah, you should be go take a Harmon's cooking class immediately. So worth it, great food, and a wide variety of classes.
It was Emily's birthday and we wound up in Vegas cause St. George was too cold to lay out. We hit Grimaldi's at Fashion Show Mall for dinner. It was just as good as I remember from being in Brooklyn, NY with my sisters. >>> that means REALLY Good! It was the best place to take our number 1 pizza fan, Emily Hutch.
Egan recommended this restaurant to me and I thought Lezlie's birthday would be the perfect reason to give it a try. It was a first time for all of us. We loved the vibe of the restaurant, the food was super delicious, and we were impressed with everyone who worked there. I'd love to go back.
I got the Sweet Beets for an appetizer (mouth watering now. so good.)
and the
Squash Stack for my entree. (that tomato sauce. amen)
We went to the documentary called First Position about ballet, the training and tough competition. Very interesting. (and ouch)
We decided we'd better do it again the following week. Last Wednesday we did spring rolls. It was too much fun creating new combinations for each spring roll we made that we wanted to keep eating but. just. couldn't. do. one. more. It was so good. I forget every time how spring rolls are easy and quick. No brainer dinner.
I've blogged about Spring Rolls over at Nova, if you want to see more ideas.
Also, I make everyone I'm with listen to War of the Roses from the Seattle kiss 106.1 morning show that I still listen to even though I live in Salt Lake City. I actually look forward to my morning commute cause of it. Listen HERE. How good are Maggie and Kimberly's expressions? We were trippin.
Maggie has moved back to Utah and it's been too long since we've been back together as roommates (miss you Teen). We decided to make dinner and brave some sushi rolling at Kimberly's place. We tried My New Root's Quinoa Spring Sushi. And guess what?! It was easy and delicious!!
We had a nice big bowl of kiwi+mango+cantaloupe, a side of shrimp, and edamame to snack.
For dessert we had coconut ice cream. I'll stop there. bam.
We all agreed...sushi at home is possible and exciting!
Not our kitchen, but the new City Creek Harmon's in downtown Salt Lake! It's so pretty! We got pretty giggly about it. Ellie and I signed up for Finding the Right Balance Every Meal class. After 3 hours, a very good meal, and learning lots from a talented chef I thought it was well worth the time and money. I want to sign up for more....like Knife Skills, Fresh and Healthy Mexican, Spring Desserts, Sushi 101... We were one short of our trifecta, missed you Brooke!
I was really wanting to make a Nothing Bundt Cake cake so I went to pinterest and found a recipe. (cheaper and more proud when you do it yourself).
The thing is, Heather doesn't like chocolate cake so I kinda had to improvise from this recipe.
This is what I did:
1 pkg. vanilla cake mix 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding 1 c. sour cream 4 large eggs 1/2 c. water 1/2 c. oil
Mix first six ingredients together with a beater. Add chocolate chips. Pour into a greased bunt cake pan (cooking spray works best). Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 45-50 mins. Remove from oven. Let cool for 20 mins. Remove from pan. (I think it tastes best if you put it on a serving plate, wrap it well in Saran Wrap, and let it sit overnight in the fridge before frosting and serving..)
I used a differentfrosting recipecause cream cheese isn't my favorite. I added half a packet of raspberry jello to get a pink color and a little flavor (thanks for the tip mom!)
1/3 cup softened butter 3 cups powdered sugar 1 ½ tsp. vanilla 2-3 Tbsp. milk to reach desired consistency (For the bundt cakes I use 2 Tbsp. of milk as you want stiffer frosting.) Mix until smooth.
Cool frosting smudge in the pictures huh!
Karaoke is never a disappointment and turns out we've been missing out cause Thursday nights rule pretty hard. Hardly anyone is there and those that are can sing pretty good. And then this happened:
This round we met at Brooke's house and made Green Kitchen Stories Herb & Pistachio Falafels. The food was fresh and flavorful. Conversations with Good Food + Good People, can it get any better?
